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Hopewell School

School Based Curriculum

  • The majority of pupils arrive at the school with a history of disrupted patterns of education. For many their behaviour and other complex needs have been a barrier to them making the progress that they should have made in the past. Many arrive with significant gaps in their education resulting from poor attendance and multiple exclusions. As a result they are generally not where they should be in terms of their educational attainment.

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  • As part of our induction process pupils and their families/carers meet initially with the Therapy Lead where there is the opportunity for discussion and information sharing from families to the professionals. Following this pupil undertake several baseline tests. Together this information allows staff to plan lessons that are engaging and pitched at the right level in order to build confidence and self esteem. Based on the information gathered and the assessments pupils are placed on one of the following Pathways: NEP-National Expectations, AEP- Adjusted Expectations HPP- Highly Personalised.

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  • A programme of individual interventions can then be put in place for pupils in order to bridge the gap between where pupils are currently learning and where they should be.

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  • Alongside the individual interventions our school curriculum follows the majority of subjects of the National Curriculum and is taught to all pupils: At KS2 and 3 this includes: English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, PSHE, Humanities, Art and Design, Creative Media, Drama, Physical Education and COPE (Certificate of Personal Effectiveness)

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  • At Key Stage 4 pupils the curriculum is designed to enable all pupils to access accredited courses GCSEs, BTECs and Functional Skills as well as exploring vocational options through industry recognized qualifications.

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  • The core curriculum includes GCSE or Function Skills in English, mathematics, Science, Computing and Physical Education as well as accredited courses in PSHE and ASDAN –COPE.

  • Pupils also have access to GCSE options either –Art, Digital/Creative Media, Business Studies or DT.

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